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Marvel offers digital bundles

Marvel comics has become the latest comics publisher to offer entire story arcs at a slight discount through their digital comics app (the one run by comiXology). They are launching with ten titles:

Astonishing X-Men Vol. 1: Gifted

Captain America: Winter Soldier Vol. 1

Invincible Iron Man Vol. 1: Five Nightmares

New Avengers Vol. 1: Breakout

Spider-Man: Maximum Carnage

Thor, vol. 1 (by J. Michael Straczynski)

Ultimate Spider-Man Vol. 1: Power and Responsibility

Ultimate Fantastic Four Vol. 1: The Fantastic

Ultimates Vol. 1: Super-Human

Ultimate X-Men Vol. 1: The Tomorrow People

I checked in with comiXology CEO David Steinberger, and he said the discounted collections are available only through the Marvel app. A number of other publishers, including Archaia, IDW, and Image, are already doing this, and Steinberger expects to see more: “This is a great value to the consumer, both from it being a bit cheaper than the individual issues and from the fact that they are complete story arcs in a convenient form,” he said.

In related news, the debut of MIles Morales in Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #1broke the record for the most digital sales on the day of release—although since Marvel isn’t releasing any numbers, it’s hard to know exactly what that means.